I added a picture of my Keezer to the 'Show us your Keezer' thread. I got a PM requesting some more pictures. I'm going to put them here.
This keezer was built about 1.5 years ago using a scratch-and-dent Lowe's Holiday 5 Cu Ft freezer. I got it really cheap because it has a dent in the lid. That's one of the reasons I added my own top to the build. Honestly, I'd probably spend a few more bucks for a better freezer next time. This is cheaply built. I picked up a Danby 3 Cu Ft freezer for my fermentation chamber and the quality difference is like night and day.
I don't have any build pictures. They were lost when my wife cleared off my camera card before we went on vacation, so I only have pictures of the final build.
It is a pretty standard build. I used a 2x10 collar and wrapped it in some additional red oak to give it a more finished look. The red oak is standard 1x12 from Lowes. The lid is made from 1x4 red oak and a scrap piece of oak plywood I had laying around. Everything was stained and poly'd.
I didn't want any exposed wiring, so I routed a channel in the 2x10 collar. All electrical runs through that channel behind the foam board insulation. The collar has an outlet controlled by the Love temp controller. It's on the back of the unit. One outlet is always on and powers the fan. The other controls power to the freezer.
I added 1 inch thick rigid foam board to the inside of the collar for insulation. I then wrapped the inside of the collar with 14 inch aluminum flashing to give it a more finished look. I used a metal break I got at Harbor Freight to bend the metal. It was a pain, since I'd never done it before. Next time I'll use thicker aluminum. The flashing is too easy to dent.
The temp controller is a Love single-stage controller. Very easy to install and setup. It can't heat though. Next time I'll use the STC1000 instead of the Love controller.
My original design plan was to buld a 'Steam-Punk' keezer. I had some good ideas, but when I priced out gears, black-iron pipes, and brass doo dads it started geting very expensive. Plus, the red oak on this collar is really heavy. The collar weight exceeds 100 lbs as is. Adding a bunch of iron, copper, and brass would have made it even heavier.
I also havea set of wheels for this beast, but I don't use them in the basement.
This keezer was built about 1.5 years ago using a scratch-and-dent Lowe's Holiday 5 Cu Ft freezer. I got it really cheap because it has a dent in the lid. That's one of the reasons I added my own top to the build. Honestly, I'd probably spend a few more bucks for a better freezer next time. This is cheaply built. I picked up a Danby 3 Cu Ft freezer for my fermentation chamber and the quality difference is like night and day.
I don't have any build pictures. They were lost when my wife cleared off my camera card before we went on vacation, so I only have pictures of the final build.
It is a pretty standard build. I used a 2x10 collar and wrapped it in some additional red oak to give it a more finished look. The red oak is standard 1x12 from Lowes. The lid is made from 1x4 red oak and a scrap piece of oak plywood I had laying around. Everything was stained and poly'd.
I didn't want any exposed wiring, so I routed a channel in the 2x10 collar. All electrical runs through that channel behind the foam board insulation. The collar has an outlet controlled by the Love temp controller. It's on the back of the unit. One outlet is always on and powers the fan. The other controls power to the freezer.
I added 1 inch thick rigid foam board to the inside of the collar for insulation. I then wrapped the inside of the collar with 14 inch aluminum flashing to give it a more finished look. I used a metal break I got at Harbor Freight to bend the metal. It was a pain, since I'd never done it before. Next time I'll use thicker aluminum. The flashing is too easy to dent.
The temp controller is a Love single-stage controller. Very easy to install and setup. It can't heat though. Next time I'll use the STC1000 instead of the Love controller.
My original design plan was to buld a 'Steam-Punk' keezer. I had some good ideas, but when I priced out gears, black-iron pipes, and brass doo dads it started geting very expensive. Plus, the red oak on this collar is really heavy. The collar weight exceeds 100 lbs as is. Adding a bunch of iron, copper, and brass would have made it even heavier.
I also havea set of wheels for this beast, but I don't use them in the basement.